The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-20
ITALIAN AMBITION.
AN Earnest Purpose to Became tho Irc,d
OF tho Latin Eatione

AN Earnest Purpose to Became tho Ec.
OF tho Latin Nations.
Had he wished TO publieh his who'll
Enou&ht, it Is probable that Signo
Crlsp,, on his return from Friedar;rh,
rune, would have made q dacl.rafio1
more impressive than n mutilntcd ech
OF tho message borne from Berlin h,
oeaconsfiGld, 81 bring poaco witt
hohor. UnquestiOnably firm leaqu
between The three central powers shoul,
1end TO the maintenance OF peace in En-
rope, and might even be deemed t,
guarantee tranquility, if the policy O
france were not SO likely to DO shapet
ny passion, and if tho course Of Rassi.
wore not determined by the feelings O
an &ntootatic ruler. BY anything tha
even postponed the outbreak of an Eu
ropcan var, all the States Of the Cont
ne',C r cannot but profit, and among then,
I'aiX. But, besides Il share Of the gen.
otai piesflng5 bOwing from peace. th.
i@!ian ?clme Minister is believed tn
contemplate certain special advant pcs
~ accrue To his country from PARTNER.
snip with Germany and Auusfria. 1t
W.: W"S ho', ia Other words, peace only that
0lBnor CrISpi brought back from Fried
etcnSrnhe, but the conviction that Italy.
"',tIher peace Or war awaits her, has ut
'HHV " Pr0sEgc5 Of recovering the head
snin OF tho Latin nations and to nr,-
poN"ofahce which once belonged to
EcnOa nnu Venice in tho Mcditnryunn,n
IN the breast Of every patriotic Italian
eince the uniGcation Of the nrnins,,in
tho belrf has been rooted thot 10 nmE
not the trenchman, is the riehtfpj ron
Latln civilization aud tho Roman f,mo
lie contends t0at his country il tho
principle Of nationaliiics were fnitbfrIIv
carried out, would even now cout;in 30
many lnhaOitauts us France. whilo it's
population Will expand much fn.EnT
through the operation OF certain ,,hyeio,
l2gica! tendencies. WrtubedI7 poor oa
are Ito masses Of tho italian Dc-snutrv
ana 1nccs2aht'y depleted as they ;ra by
"mi&i"tIon, they yet increase 80 .rnp;dly
thAt Italy, II has been computed. nust,
iei without territorial aco>ss;y,iI. over.
TAX" thd ontstriD Franco in the Gonrpn
u 5logIc generation. Thcrc are, more
'''r, many millions Of Itaiian-k?1rnl<ipg
5NiHan beings thn5 are still ontsi,lo Uf
iNnG Iumb@rtS domii;0ns. They be-
"h5 10 Eda5 Italia ilri1&uta, The LONGING
oa %sG. although q 4l ltS gf0r 88ttiS
tli t;int pl rains to htr ny race, language !
md historical as, ociatl0ne, she would
&EU from iNo Frcrc1 Republic Nice, !
5HvHv and COrai"r, ;:nl ;.:,il Au ji& not
only IA" Etrlt:no 4ud Trieste, bat tho
whole Ietri?n. S"nvoniar aud na'"lafian
coast oG the AUlit;!c. whlch o&co was
I-nt!n and afterwards Venetian. Nrom
Turkey, also, shc would claim Aibaria,
ihu3 M&uuiliDG tho Whole lily ran and
sIpicOt sta coast down 10 Tho Strait Of
O0rauto, aud making the Adrintic what
it used t. hu before She advent Of She
OtComan, an ltIilan lu:>e.
That is what all Italians buliG%c t'.cy
0uHht to lave, bit, having recovered
5ncir hereditary Possessions, thny would
not stop there. GOuccGlng t. t;.ujr AIS
triIn cppaytucr3 f5ulonia&, tho wholo
Dortlcrn ecacoG>t OF the -A9nln &0I the
lruUUDlG Iuv@r.ion - CunHtlutiuOpic,
they WGuld "!nim Gambia ana &!i those
islands o( the Archipelago, 1roW T1rl;ish,
bat which fell In Venice on the partition
Of tic Greek empire. Tn;,y would clAim
Iiipoji aud tliat coast track cG Bucn
which WAS 50 pupnlous aul fruitful VII
der th0 name Of Pcnt4pO!is. Nor wot,ld
they, in the event Of q successful var
"1'li lhICS lCJt5 I!ittb III lNttlS llLG
resident Italians out number the French
men ten to one. At Alexaudrie, also,
and throughout tho Delta, they consii-
tute, next to the Greek, the strongest
element in The European ropulnt on, and
through the good viii OF England and
support OF Germany, they may look for
ward 10 acquiring the influences formerly
possessed by France in the Nile Valley.
Throughout the Leyant, III fact Italy,
il sho act i'll Concert with England, may
dream of hupplanting France, particu.
larry il thc Euphrates Rrilway IN butt
with English capital. Meanwhile ut the
western cato Of the Mediterranean,
Itaiiap, Gorm0n and English ir0noltdB
are preparing to cooperate for the de-
feat Of Fronch designs upon Morocco,
On tho theory that no European power
but Spain can safely be allowed 10 occu-
pv the Strait OF GiOrn,tar. From Spniu
itaIy has nothing to fear ana 1uuch to
Aain.
Such arc the perhaps unacb nooirdged
but really cherished visions of every
J'olimu who loves his country and he
hevcs her destined to prove 10y her
achievements ths khe is an example, not
Of national dccrepitudc, but Of uncx-
hausted youth.